Lol. Last night I got in from work late af (late for me anyway) at 9pm and I s2g, I was fast asleep by 9:15pm
I didn’t eat anything, didn’t shower, didn’t brush my teeth, didn’t wash my face. Just got buck naked, jumped in the bed, got under the covers and went to sleep
And I only got up once when I had to pee. And just as I was about get my sleepy ass back into bed ...... the alarm went off
It felt like I had only been asleep for a few minutes but apparently it was all night. Almost a full 8hrs
Which was fine, I guess
I didn’t feel quite as rested as I should have, but ya know. Went on and brushed my teeth, washed my face and went on out for my morning run and swim. The weather was fucking perfect too
Anyway .... it’s kinda funny bc the day before when I woke up, I was full of “noap - definitely not running or swimming today”
Which to be honest, half the time I never actually feel like going for a run, know what I mean?
For me, my trigger is brushing my teeth. So every weekday morning when I get up, my only goal is to successfully traverse the distance from my bed to the bathroom and my toothbrush. Once I get to my toothbrush and start brushing my teeth, then everything else is pretty much a done deal:
“Well, I brushed my teeth, might as well wash my face”
“Now that I’ve brushed my teeth and washed my face, might as well stretch, get dressed and put on my running shoes”
“Oh, well now that I’ve brushed my teeth and washed my face and stretched and got dressed, might as well walk out the front door and actually do this”
BUT ........
If I don’t brush my teeth?? Then nothing’s guaranteed. Nothing
So yeah, the other day when I got up, I got up from my bed and just sat down in the chair in my bedroom (huge mistake)
And it was kinda funny bc I know myself, right?? So as I was sitting in that chair not brushing my teeth, I had this inner dialogue with myself:
“Odin if you don’t go brush your teeth and do all the other things, you’re gonna feel sluggish all day. And worse, you’re gonna beat yourself up all day for missing a run & swim, and then you’ll wanna burn a weekend morning to make it up on Saturday”
Also
“Yeah Odin, but if you don’t go brush your teeth and do all the other things, then guess what? YOU GET TO GO BACK TO SLEEP”
And for the first time in forever, I did not brush my teeth, and just went back to bed. Aannnd yes, I felt sluggish all day, I felt bad, and I beat myself up all day for missing a run and swim
There is no moral to this story
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